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Mimco for LMFF 2013

Jewellery and accessories label Mimco presented its first seasonal collection for 2013 amid a flurry of rose petals during the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. The ‘Paradise Battalion’ range is apparently inspired by a utopian idea of the future; a world full of lovers in which beauty has triumphed over evil (ie. war and industrialisation). But evidence of a not-so-halcyon past lurks just under the surface in a nod to ‘it’s always darkest before the dawn’ thinking.

Whether you want to think quite so deeply about your choice of jewelled adornments is probably irrelevant. The latest offering from Mimco is as nouveau opulent as ever. I’m left wondering where to acquire one of those knit cape-dresses, let alone how I’m going to afford all of the fat pearls and armour-like shoulder chains I now desire. Plus, actress Sophie Lowe – walking for the label this festival – looks totally adorable!